Accuracy in Media

Fox News reported: Former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel revealed in an extensive interview published Friday that he had approved plans to strike Damascus with Tomahawk cruise missiles after Syria’s Bashar al-Assad crossed the “red line” by using chemical weapons – but President Obama told him to stand down.

WASHINGTON — Chuck Hagel’s replacement in Obama’s cabinet has been named, sources say. It is former deputy defense secretary Ashton B. Carter, who is currently in academia (i.e. higher education). The New York Times reported Carter was Leon Panetta’s no.2 after Panetta resigned last year. The formal announcement will take place later this week, but […]

WASHINGTON — The New York Times reported today that Chuck Hagel, Obama’s secretary at the Department of Defense, will resign. Hagel has served in that capacity since 2012. The Times article noted Hagel had not been sharp in his confirmation hearings, where U.S. Senators questioned him and he gave tepid answers. One of the more telling parts […]

WASHINGTON — The current Department of Defense Secretary for U.S. President Barack Obama, Chuck Hagel, indicated that the U.S. military may restrain its own cyberwarfare activities. Reuters reported that this move was announced at a live broadcast from Fort Meade, Maryland. Fort Meade is the home of the National Security Agency and Cyber Command. Hagel […]

WASHINGTON — The infamous sequester is to blame, but now the Defense Department is scaling back several of their initiatives at cost-cutting. Reuters reports that Chuck Hagel, the head of the Defense Department, is cutting the unpaid leave days to limit the pain of the sequester and automatic defense budget cuts. Hagel is now cutting […]